Roofing strip



Sept. 4,1923.

E. L. BELL ETAL ROOFING STRIP Filed Sept. 6, 1927 gvwemto'u' PatentedSept. 4, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELVA L. BELL AND ORLANDO M. BEEBE, OF SPOKANE, WASHINGTON.

ROOFING STRII.

Application filed September 6, 1927. Serial No. 217,772.

This invention relates to roofing strips for buildings, and moreparticularly such a strip having a scalloped edge and having acollapsible fastener applied thereto.

The object of the invention is to provide rooting strips which can beapplied to the roof in different relative positions to produce-a widerange of ornamental effects. Another object is to provide such a stripwith an attached fastener in such a manner that the strip with thefastener may be rolled for the purposes of transportation and handlingby the roofer. A further object is the provision in a strip of this kindof indicia to assist the roofer to lay it quickly and accurately, and ina Wide range of designs. A still further object is the production of afastener which will avoid liability of moisture reach-. ing the roofproper through the holes in the strip produced by the securing elements.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear inthe following description and the novel features thereof will beparticularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts throughout theseveralfigures of the drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan of a portion of aroof having a number of the strips applied thereto,

Figure 2 is a plan of 'a portion of a piece of roofing material fromwhich two strips may be cut andshowing a method of provid ing the stripswith indicia for proper alignment of the strips upon a roof.

Figure 3 is an end View of a rolled package formed by the strip withfasteners attached.

Figure 4 is a longitudinal section tliroul rfi a fast ener attached tothe strip, and

Figure 5 is a perspective of the fastener as applied With the stripshown in dotted lines.

The invention has been shown as embodied in a'strip of roofing fabric orsimilar mate.' r rial, such as is commonly employed for compositionshingles for roofs, which may be graveled if desired, and is designed tobe made in lengths equal to or greater than the width of the roof to becovered, Such strips may be rolled into bundles and are placedon theroof by unrolling and securing them to the roof in overlappedrelationship so that a portion of one strip protects the edge of thenext strip below. The attached fasteners are employed to secure theoverlapped edge of an adjacent strip as Well as the strip to which theyare secured.

In Figure 2 is shown a portion of a length of roofing fabric ormaterial, such as is commonly used in the manufacture of compositionshingles for roofs. Thismay be graveled if desired, and may be of anydesired color. By cutting this'strip longitudinally on the line A-A, twostrips 10 and 10 are formed, which are duplicates and a description ofone will be sufficient.

The strip 10 has one straight edge 11 and a scalloped edge 12, defininglobes 13 and concavities 14. The lobes are regular in size and shape. Itwill be appreciated that at the point where a lobe is formed in strip10, a concavity is formed in the scalloped edge of the strip 10', andwhere a concavity is formed in the strip 10, a lobe will be formed inthe strip 10. By the term scalloped edge is meant any edge having anirregular form, and by the term lobes itis intended to include anyprojections in said scalloped edge which occur regularly therein.

In order that thestrips may be accurately and quickly positioned uponthe roof there is provided along-the line AA marks or indicia 15 at thecenters of the lobes and at the centers of the concavities, such a markbeing simply a scoring of the material or the equivalent thereof. Thesemarks or indicia are used in securing the proper alignment of the stripswith relation to each other, to secure the desired ornamental effect byproviding the roofer with a point on-the laid strip to measure from.

To each lobe-is secured, at a point slightly "removed from'the edge ofthe strip, a collapsible fastener 16. Both the location of the fasteneron the strip and its construction are productive of results in a roofingstrip of this type. When the strip isapplied to the roof, its scallopededge overlaps and protects the straight edge of an adjacent strip. Insecuring the lobe portions of the strip to the roof, the overlapped edgeof the adjacent strip is secured.

The fastener shown is made from a single piece of sheet metal ofsubstantially diamond shape. The ends of the blank form attaching prongs17 and 18, while from the center of the blank is struck down a securingprong 19. \This securing prong is struck out to lie in a plane slightlybelow the plane of the' fastener body, as shown in Figure 1, so that itma be bent into the position shown'in dotte lines in Figure 5 by theroofer at the time the strip is applied to the roof.

, strip is entirely out of alignment with those made by the prongs 17and 18 in the strip above. Any moisture which might find its way throughthe superposed stri creep to the aperture formed by tile prong 19. Byapplying the strip in this manner, the fastener is protected from theaction of the weather, and is practically hidden from view, and the roofis protected from see ing water. By securing the fastener to the stripas shown in Figures 4 and 5, where thesecuring prong is collapsedfandattaching it to the lower portionof the lobes 13, the strip may 7 berolled for transportation and handling. Theaddedthickness at the lobesdue to the presence of the-fasteners is compensated for in the decreaseof strip material at thatend of the roll due to the concavities in thestrip. It will be appreciated th'at'a rolled roof strip made 'in lengthsto cover the whole width of the roof eliminates seams and particularlyside laps. In laying the roof, the 1 1 strips may be overlapped as shownin Figure would not I 1, where the lobe of one strip registers with theconcavity in the adjacent strip. The marks15 in that event register. Butit will be appreciated that the strips may be positioned on the roof ina wide range of relationships, resulting in a variety of produceddesigns, and these may be augmented by the making of adjacent stripsofdifierent colors.

What is claimed is:

1. As an element. of a roof made up of plurality of strips ofcomposition material applied in overlapped relationship, a strip offlexible material having one edge scalloped, and fasteners in the lobeportions of said edge adapted to hold said lobe ortions flat against theunderlying strip an to pass through said'underlying strip into the roofto secure both strips inv place.

2. The combination" of claim 1, wherein the lobes and c'oncavities ofthescalloped I edge are provided with matching indicia.

3." As an article of manufacture, a roofing strip in roll formcomprising a length of flexible roofing material having one of its edgesstraight and the other edge scalloped, andfasteners secured in the lobesof said scalloped edge desi ed to hold said lobes vflat against an underying strip and to pierce said underlying strip and the roof.

4. The combination of claim 3 in-which the fastener compriseslobe-piercing and roofpiercing prongs which are out of verticalalignment.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures.

ELVA L; BELL. ORLANDO M. BEEBE.

